Daniel Tzabbar, an assistant professor of Management and member of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently won the 2006 Best Dissertation Award in the Technology and Innovation Management Division at the Academy of Management. His dissertation titled, “When Does Scientist Mobility Affect Search and Technological Repositioning? Evidence from Patent Citation Data in the U.S. Biotechnology Industry”, took top honors from a panel of nine judges, who first narrowed 46 entries into five finalists.

Dr. Tzabbar won the award despite strong competition. The other dissertations that made it to the finals were submitted by Kira Fabrizio from Emory, with a Ph.D. from Berkeley, Karim Lahkani from Harvard, with a Ph.D. from MIT, Victor Seidel from Oxford, with a Ph.D. from Standford, and Anu Wadhwa, with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Dr. Tzabbar also was the runner-up for the Best Dissertation Award in the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy.